Tardigrade and vaccine transport

30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

BBC

Technology

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A bizarre looking creature that may help us make vaccines last longer to move them across the globe. It is less than a millimetre long but the tardigrade is tough - really tough! Its extraordinary survival abilities may hold the key to helping us extend the shelf life of both blood and vaccines. This could extend the distances they can be transported, saving more lives. With Patrick Aryee. www.bbcworldservice.com/30animals #30animals

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0:00.0	Imagine an animal that can handle being heated to 148 degrees Celsius, being frozen to
0:20.3	minus 272 degrees Celsius, which is almost absolute zero, and withstand
0:26.7	radiation levels that would be lethal to you and me. Well imagine no longer.
0:32.4	You might not have heard of them, but I'd like you to meet what I reckon are the toughest animals on Earth.
0:38.0	Tardigrades.
0:40.0	If you've seen pictures of them taken through a microscope, you'll know that they are also the cutest.
0:46.0	Well, at least I think so.
0:48.0	They are the stuff of science fiction with powers beyond belief.
0:53.0	I'm Patrick I and from the BBC World Service, this is 30 Animals That Made A Smarter.
1:03.7	The Podcast which investigates the amazing things that animals have taught us.
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1:44.0	And you never know, we might feature them
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